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• FamilySearch ID: MWTZ-VJB
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 196532626

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FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MWTZ-VJB

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196532626

Eunice married Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet on 30 Jun 1923 in Woollahra, Sydney, ____, New South Wales, Australia. Harry (son of William Pitt Oakes and Edith Nancy Lewis) was born on 23 Dec 1874 in Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine; died on 7 Jul 1943 in Nassau, ____, New Providence, Bahamas; was buried after 7 Jul 1943 in Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: LHCC-1FL
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 141026086
• Death Registration: Between 1 Jan 2005 and 31 Mar 2005, Westminster Registration District, Middlesex, England; Dist. 2581D, Reg. D52C, Entry 146
• Obituary: Aft 28 Jan 2005

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Thanks to Find-A-Grave contributor Ash Montagu (#46804013) for providing birth and death locations. Thanks to F-A-G contributor Bobby Kelley (#46959922) for adding the portrait photo and for providing links to Nancy's parents' memorials.

The following is an extract from a biography on the Website of the Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada:

Nancy Oakes (1924 - 2005)

Nancy Oakes was born on May 17th, 1924, the first child and eldest daughter of Harry and Eunice. Nancy would sometimes visit Kirkland Lake when her parents were in town for business trips, but spent most of her childhood attending private schools in Europe and travelling with her parents.

At the age of 17, she was living with her parents in the Bahamas, and met Alfred de Marigny, a businessman and playboy who did not fit in well with the social elite of Nassau. A relationship developed between them and without informing her parents, they were married on May 19th 1942 –  two days after Nancy's 18th birthday. Alfred was not well received as a son-in-law, and when Sir Harry Oakes was murdered, suspicion fell onto Alfred. He was arrested, tried, and later acquitted of the murder. Although Nancy defended Alfred's innocence during the trial, the marriage did not last, and in 1949 the marriage was annulled.

Her second marriage in 1952 was to a member of the German nobility, Baron Ernst-Lyssandt von Hoyningen-Huene. That marriage lasted until 1956, but Nancy kept the title and name of Baroness von Hoyningen-Huene. Nancy married for a third time in 1962 to Michael Tritton, an English businessman, and remained a socialite even in her later years, until her passing in 2005.
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[There are fascinating details available on the Web, describing the trial that followed the murder of her father, and her role in the trial. According to one source, the renowned author Erle Stanley Gardner, the creator of Perry Mason, called the case "the greatest murder mystery of all time".]

A photo portrait of Nancy can be found on the following Web site:
http://jacarandahousenassau.com/history/
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An Ancestry Profile with interesting photos is at:

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/17120732/person/422402542613/facts

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHCC-1FL

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141026086

Death Registration:
Nancy Oakes von Hoyningen-Huene, born 17 May 1924, died.

Nancy married "Count" Alfred Fouquereaux "Freddie" De Marigny on 19 May 1942 in Nassau, ____, New Providence, Bahamas. Alfred was born on 29 Mar 1910 in Mauritius; died on 28 Jan 1988 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Baron Ernst-Lyssandt von Hoyningen-Huene on 29 Dec 1952 in Nassau, ____, New Providence, Bahamas, and was divorced before 14 May 1956. Ernst-Lyssandt was born on 9 Feb 1930 in Priborn, Müritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died in 1998 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Patrick Claude Henry Tritton on 1 Mar 1962 in Mexico, ____, Distrito Federal, México, and was divorced before 1975. Patrick (son of Patrick Arthur Tritton and Judith Alice Mabel Hurt) was born on 18 May 1934 in Marylebone Registration District, Middlesex, England; died on 1 Feb 1998 in Westminster Registration District, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: MWTZ-VVW
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 196679408
• Obituary: 9 Aug 1966, Manchester, Lancashire, England; Manchester Evening News

Notes:

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MWTZ-VVW

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196679408

Obituary:
Sir Sydney Oakes dies
By a Special Correspondent

SIR SYDNEY OAKES, 39-year-old businessman, has died in hospital at Nassau, in the Bahamas, after a car crash.

He was the elser son of Sir Harry Oakes, Canadian-born baronet and goldmining millionaire, whose murder in 1943 is one of the century's greatest unsolved crimes.

Sir Sydney's car left the road yesterday and hit a lamp standard and crshed down and trapped him.

He was twice married. By his first wife he leaves a son, Christopher, 17, who inherits the title, and two daughters, Felicity, 14, and Virginia, 13, both of whom are in England.

He and his second wife, Lady Nancy Oakes, have a son, Pitt, five.

Died:
He was killed in an auto accident.

Sydney married Lady Greta Hartmann on 21 Jun 1948 in London, Middlesex, England, and was divorced on 26 Sep 1958 in Nassau, ____, New Providence, Bahamas. Greta was born on 5 Mar 1928 in Copenhagen, ____, Københavns Amt, Denmark; died on 14 Nov 1977 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sydney married Nancy Hoyt on 27 Aug 1961. Nancy was born on 27 Aug 1934 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Mar 2010 in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida; was buried after 29 Mar 2010 in Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: LYMY-TY4
• Probate: 12 Aug 1988, London, Middlesex, England

Notes:

From Sandra, Sept 2025:

Shirley was one of the bridal attendants for the wedding between John F. Kennedy marriage to Jackie..

Contemporary reports of Jackie's wedding party list "Shirley Oakes" among Jacqueline Bouvier's bridal attendants / bridesmaids. I found multiple period/newspaper-derived references that include Shirley Oakes in the wedding party.
Virginia Chronicle

Multiple family/genealogy pages connect Shirley (Oakes) Butler to the Oakes family of Nassau and report she was in a serious car accident in 1981 and is recorded as dying in the mid-1980s (some pages list 1986)

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYMY-TY4

Probate:
BUTLER, Shirley Lewis Oakes of Jacaranda, Parliament St., City of Nassau, New Providence, Bahamasm dir 9 August 1986, Probate Nassau £8657 in England and Wales. SEALED London 12 August [1988] 8851109578M.

Died:
Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877-1998
Name      Shirley Oakes Butler
Race      White
Age at Death      57
Birth Date      10 Apr 1929
Death Date      9 Aug 1986
Death Place      Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Shirley married Allan Churchill Butler on 9 Apr 1961 in Nassau, ____, New Providence, Bahamas, and was divorced before 1982. Allan (son of Dr. Allan Macy Butler and Mabel Harlakenden Churchill) was born on 26 Apr 1926 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Aug 2007 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; was buried after 6 Aug 2007 in Churchill Cemetery, Plainfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: MWTZ-VV2
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 55159870

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

William was the 2nd oldest son of Sir Harry Oakes & Eunice (MacIntyre) Oakes five children. His siblings were Nancy, Sidney, Shirley Lewis & Harry Phillip Oakes.

The 27 year old William P. Oakes died as a result of coronary thrombosis complicated by a liver ailment. He lived in Nassau, The Bahamas, with his wife Eunice (Bailey) Oakes. He was visiting New York City on business and staying at the Westbury Hotel before falling ill and being taken to the Bronx Nursing Home. He died shortly after his arrival.

William was the Director of the Katmative Tin Mines in Rhodesia and also had interests in several oil drilling companies.

No children are listed for William & Eunice Oakes.


Gravesite Details

Buried in tomb with his father Sir Harry Oakes

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55159870

William married Eunice Joyce Bailey on 5 Jul 1952 in London, Middlesex, England. Eunice was born on 6 Sep 1928 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 26 Jul 2011 in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida; was buried after 26 Jul 2011 in South End Cemetery, East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harry married C. Botsch [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]